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To: laurenmarlowe; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; ...
Please note: The author of tonight’s Road Trip is laurenmarlowe.
She is on a working trip to....Oklahoma!!

~ Road Trip: Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma ~

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7 posted on 10/09/2017 6:14:05 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska
My dad retired at Altus AFB and I graduated from HS there in 1969. During that time it evolved from a SAC base (B-52s and earlier, Atlas missiles) to a MAC then AMC base before becoming the ATC training center for C-5s, C-141s, C-17s and KC-135s and now the KC-46.

I used to sit in my Algebra II class and watch the MITOs of KC-135s and B-52s. What a sight!! Later just before I enlisted in the USAF I would sit under the runway threshold out by Surplus City for hours, watching 141's and 135's do touch and gos, wondering what job I was going to get and what Viet Nam was going to be like.

I eventually found out both answers a 647X0 supply guy and hot and smelly in that order. None-the-less growing up at Altus created a love for airplanes that has lasted a lifetime. Everywhere I have lived since has been next to a military base with a flying mission. I could not sleep at night without the jet sounds and the occasional whiff of JP-4 exhaust fumes.

14 posted on 10/09/2017 6:30:16 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe

Thanks for the great road...er air....trip to OK tonight!

15 posted on 10/09/2017 6:39:10 PM PDT by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe
A very pleasant good Tuesday morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

42 posted on 10/09/2017 11:28:06 PM PDT by E.G.C.
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